Mice + Text Editors = Better editing. You can move to a specific position easier & faster in a mouse. When you're not in raw typing mode, you're mostly browsi

Mice + Text Editors = Better editing. You can move to a specific position easier & faster in a mouse. When you're not in raw typing mode, you're mostly browsing and editing. Mice are useful for that, and the time lost in hopping over to the mouse from the keyboard is well worth it. I can move a mouse very quickly, and I can be very accurate about it. Text cursors are harder to predict, and they jump around (as the page scrolls), making them harder to track than the mouse. What really sold me on the idea was a good amount of time using a macintosh. A properly mouse-friendly environment makes you appreciate how useful the mouse can be. Even back on a decent unix, I still love my select and middle-click to paste. Scroll wheels are also pretty wonderful.